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Do You Eat Less Around Guys? This New Study Kind of Annoys Me

Do you eat more, less or the usual amount of food around guys in your life (boyfriend, co-workers, friends)? A new study makes some declarations about how we eat around males, and I'm a little annoyed by the findings...

A new study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, reports that women eat less when they're hanging with men. In the study, when gals ate with guys, they consumed, on average, about 100 calories less than they did when they were hanging with their girlfriends. The findings were opposite for men. In fact, men ate more when around the ladies.

I've always been bugged by the old stereotype (from our grandmothers' generation) that tells us that women should be dainty and not have an appetite, or that somehow it's not ladylike and unattractive for women to, well, eat! (Groan.)

I've always had a healthy appetite and have never shied away from eating in front of guys, and it really makes me sad to see that women (or at least, women in the study) are falling into this thinking.

Tell me, do you eat less around guys? Are you more conscious of what you're eating/how you're eating? Be honest!